Wednesday, 2 October 2013

185. Festivals & Festivities Quiztest Answers (49)

185.  Festivals & Festivities Quiztest Answers(49)

1    Germans love to  celebrate  at festival time.

2     The English speaking world is much more  conservative  in celebrating festivals.

3     The most important festivals in Germany are  Easter &  Christmas.

4     These are celebrated in much the  same way  as around the Christian world.

5     Easter is known in Germany as  Ostern.

6     Christmas is known as  Weihnachten.

7     The Osterhase is the  Easter Bunny.

8     Many  games  are played with Easter eggs at Easter time.

9     Sankt Nikolaus comes to homes on the  5th  of  December

10   Der erste Weihnachtstag is the 25th December.

11   An Adventskalender is an Advent's calendar.

12   An Adventskranz has 4  candles  and these are lit each  Sunday of Advent.

13   Christmas Eve is known as der  Heilige Abend .

14   A Weihnachtsbaum is a  Christmas tree.

15   The most famous  Christkindlmarkt  is held each year in Nürnberg.

16   The best known festivals of the German world are Oktoberfest & Karneval.

17   Karneval is also known as  Fasching  or  Fastnacht.

18   The start to Oktoberfest  is always in  September.

19   Traditional Oktoberfest is held on the Theresienwiese  in the city of Munich.

20   The city best known for the Karneval festival is  Cologne.

21   Many people dress in costume for the traditional  Faschingsball.

22   Two other well known festivals are the  Schützenfest  &  Winzerfest.

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